Idk about y'all but I'm getting the feeling the story isn't heading in the direction of the student ACTUALLY being a "rival" to ml, yk. Just something to add something more interest to the story. And I'm not disappointed tbh
It's nice to have a story that doesn't have any crazy schematics and is actually very wholesome Hopefully this keeps up and doesn't turn to the direction of "top is possessive and can't control his jealously but it's ok bc it's love!" type bs we often see
Reminds me of that one Rick and Morty episode when Beth has an affair with herself lol